CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I. 

 From London to Barnaoul via St. Petersburg and Moscow — Meeting 

 with Littledale — Nijni-Novgorod — Down the Volga ; up the Kama 

 to Taguil — Three days at Taguil — Our luggage — Cook — Special 

 Car— Journey to Krivostchekovo (Ob River) — Governor of Tomsk — 

 General Boldyreff, head of the Altai district — Ispravnik — Village of 

 Nikolaievsk — Up the Ob to Barnaoul . . Page i 



CHAPTER II. 

 From Barnaoul through Bisk and Ongudai to Kosh-Agatch (Siberian 

 frontier) — Tarantass — Bad Roads— Bisk — First sight of the Altai 

 Mountains — The "Maralnik," or Deer Park at Shebalina — Kalmuks 

 —Ongudai — Russian Police Official, M. Meyer — Preparations at 

 Ongudai — Tchouia Valley — Singular Performance of Native Priest 

 — Kosh-Agatch — Customs Official — Zaissan Semion — Taba — Duck 

 Shooting . . . . ... 36 



CHAPTER III. 

 Start from Kosh-Agatch — Steppe — Camp — Up Tchagan-Burgaza Valley 

 — First sight of Wild Sheep — Kotchkor — Arkhar— Snow Bridge — 

 Pitching Camp — First Shooting Camp — Kalmuk Vocabulary- -Cold 

 Nights— Stalks— The Happy Valley {Bain-Tchagan)— More Stalks 

 — Snow and Wind . . . ... 90 



CHAPTER IV. 

 Last days on the Tchagan-Burgaza — Pass over the Frontier — Shift 

 Camp into Mongolia — A Blizzard — Major Cumberland's Camp — 

 The Start — Map unreliable — Meet Chinese — Great numbers of Sheep 

 Heads — Karaoul Suok — Chinese Governor — Passports — Chinese 

 Officials — Interpreters — Joseph returns with fresh Stores — Start for 

 Bain-Khairkhan Hills , . . ... 132 



